Handle attachment for doors.



P. & 1 CHORVATH.

HANDLE ATTACHMENT FOR DOORS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.3, 1915.

1,143,360. Patented June 15, 1915.

WITNESSES mvzm'ons PCHO/"TVH TH 7M JCHORVHT THE NORRIS PETERS 00..FHOTO-LITHOT. wAsHINGmN. D C.

PAUL GHORVA'IH ANID JOSEPH CHORVATH, 0F TARENT'UM, PENNSYLVANIA.

' HANDLE ATTACHMENT FOR DOORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1915.

Application filed April 3, 1915. Serial No. 18,944.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, PAUL OHoRvATH, a subjectof the King of Hungary, and J osnrrr CHORVA'lI-I, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Tarentum, in the county of Allegheny andState of Pennsylvania, have in vented certain new and usefulImprovements in Handle Attachments for Doors, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to handle attachments for doors, moreparticularly furnace doors and has means, in a manner as hereinafter setforth, capable of being detachably connected With the door handle forthe purpose of swinging open a door and to overcome the employment ofcloth, gloves, or other means used to prevent injury to a person whenopening or closing a furnace or other door.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a handle attachmentwhich is simple in its construction and arrangement strong, durable,etlicient, readily attached and detached to and from the door handle,and inexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists ofthe novel construction, and arrangement of parts as hereinafter morespecifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings,wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention, but it is to beunderstood that changes, variations and modifications can be resorted towhich come within the scope of the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings wherein like reference characters denote correspondingparts throughout the several views z-Figure 1 is a perspective view of ahandle attachment,

in accordance with this invention, showing the adaptation thereof inconnection with a furnace door handle, the door being broken away. Fig.2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the attachment. Fig. 3 is a crosssectional view.

Referring to the drawings in detail 1 denotes a furnace door and whichhas formed integral therewith a yoke-shape handle comprising a squaredhandle bar 2 and a pair of arms 3, these latter projecting from the bar2 and merging into the door 1.

The handle attachment comprises an ovalfor its object to provide shapegrip 4:, which has projecting therefrom a shank 5, the latter mergesinto a channel-shaped coupling member 6, which conforms in contour tothe bar 2. The coupling member 6 is adapted to receive the handle bar 2,in a manner as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 and said coupling member 6provides a socket 7 in which the bar 2 is mounted. The shank 5 is formedwith a longitudinally extending chamber 8 which is interposed betweenthe coupling member 6 and the grip 1 and seated in said chamber 8 is acoil compression spring 9.

Associated with the coupling member 6, is a retaining member 10, andwhich in connection with the member 6 detachably secures the handle,attachment with the handle bar 2. The retaining member 10 is in the formof a flat plate and when in operative position is mounted upon the topof the coupling member 6 and overlaps the top of the handle bar 2 andunder such con" ditions the door handle is connected with theattachment. The retaining member is normally maintained in position uponthe top of the coupling member through the medium of the spring 9, thelatter bears against the lug 11 which extends into the chamber 8 and isformed integral with the lower face of the slide arm 12, the formermerges into the retaining member 10 and is maintained upon the shank 5by a pair of offset straps 13. The arm 12 extends into the chamber 8 andshank 5 and also the grip 4 has a groove 14 for the arm 12. The arm 12has a handle member 15 to facilitate the shifting thereof. The straps 13are secured in position by the hold fast devices 16.

By pulling the arm 12 rearwardly the handle bar 2 can be released fromthe coupling member 6 and when said arm 12 is released, the action ofthe spring 9 will shift said arm forward, under such conditionspositioning the retaining member 10 upon the top of the coupling member6.

at we claim is A handle attachment comprising a coupling member, achambered shank formed integral therewith, a grip carried by the shank,a spring controlled retaining member normally positioned upon the top ofthe coupling member for maintaining a handle bar Within said couplingmember, an arm integral with said retaining member and provided .with .aJug extending .into the chamber offssaid Shank, an extensible memberarranged Within the chamber of the shank and bearing against said lug,and means fen sli-dably connecti-ng *the arm to the shank.

In testimony whereof owe affix our signatures 1n presence of twowltnesses.

PAULiGHORVATH. JOSEPH GHORVATH.

"Witnesses JOSEPH KOLARIK, ANDREW .GRAJOIAR.

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